SENIOR · HALO STUDIES

Material Culture and Technological Exchange

Study artifacts, adaptation, manufacture, and cultural ownership.

LESSON 01

Artifacts have biographies

Objects move through manufacture, use, capture, repair, display, and reinterpretation.

Artifacts have biographies

Objects move through manufacture, use, capture, repair, display, and reinterpretation.

Sources: HALO-ENC-2022, WAYPOINT-SYSTEM-SHOCKS, WAYPOINT-DIPLOMACY
LESSON 02

Adoption is selective

Communities adapt foreign technology to local institutions rather than copying it without change.

Adoption is selective

Communities adapt foreign technology to local institutions rather than copying it without change.

Sources: HALO-ENC-2022, WAYPOINT-SYSTEM-SHOCKS, WAYPOINT-DIPLOMACY
LESSON 03

Exchange raises power questions

Access, expertise, dependency, and ownership shape who benefits from shared technology.

Exchange raises power questions

Access, expertise, dependency, and ownership shape who benefits from shared technology.

Sources: HALO-ENC-2022, WAYPOINT-SYSTEM-SHOCKS, WAYPOINT-DIPLOMACY